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Grace Community United Methodist Church in Bourbonnais welcomes visitors to a local prayer service. The church will host a Prayer Service and Blessing for all first responders throughout Kankakee County at 10:30 Thursday morning...

State Treasurer Michael Frerichs of Champaign will have competition in his bid for a third term this year. State Rep. Tom Demmer, R-Dixon, announced Tuesday that he will run for Frerichs’ post, pledging to oppose tax increases...

The Red Cross has declared its first-ever national blood crisis in the U.S.  In a statement Tuesday, the organization has warned members of the public of the consequences of its worst blood shortage in more than a...

Iroquois County Public Health Department Administrator Dee Schippert informed the County Board Health Committee this past week ‘there’s been a tremendous increase in covid-19 cases. There’s 92 individuals, at last count, who have...

Thinking of falsifying your COVID-19 vaccine status with your government job? Think again. Rules now in effect require vaccines or testing for employees of governments with more than 100 employees. The rule states criminal...

A Sunday night crash south of Watseka left a rural Watseka man dead. 72-year-old Mike Miner was the lone occupant in a pickup truck that left the road and crashed into a house. It happened in Belmont Township along County Road...

THE ANNUAL TOWNSHIP/MULTI-TOWNSHIP ASSESSORS MEETING WILL BE HELD AT 2:00 P.M. ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 20th, 2022 IN THE IROQUOIS COUNTY BOARD ROOM AT THE CLIFFORD BURY ADMINISTRATIVE CENTER, 1001 E. GRANT ST., WATSEKA, IL. THIS...

Information and forms for the Senior Citizens Property Tax Deferral program are available from the office of Iroquois County Treasurer, Kurt Albers.  The program allows qualified senior citizens to defer all or part of...

The Illinois Department of Transportation is hosting a virtual public hearing through Jan. 21 as part of an ongoing study assessing the state’s rail system to help identify potential improvements and solutions. The event will...

Iroquois County Sheriff's Police arrested an Ashkum woman Saturday on a Kankakee County warrant.  41-year-old Anna Munoz is charged with failure to appear on the DUI charge. 94.1 WGFA